It Wasn't a Loophole. It Was a Filing Cabinet. | Ole Miss wins Locked on Top 100

People keep asking how I know so much about the Trinidad Chambliss case. Here's the answer: I watched the whole trial. With my own eyes. That isn't something I heard from somebody who heard it.   IN THIS EPISODE: ⚖️ What the case was actually about — and it isn't what anybody's saying. It was a medical redshirt. Chambliss got hurt at Ferris State, a Division II school. He qualified, he was going to get it, nobody disputed it at the time — four years ago. Here's where it went sideways: D-II medical-redshirt documentation standards are far less extensive than Division I's. So Ferris State, doing exactly what a D-II school is required to do, didn't keep the paperwork D-I would need. Not because anybody did anything wrong. Because they weren't required to. Then he transfers up and the NCAA applies a D-I standard to a D-II file.   🚨 And the part that should end this permanently: the NCAA admitted in open court that Chambliss EASILY cleared the bar. They conceded it. Out loud. Their position was never that he wasn't hurt or didn't qualify — only that the paperwork proving something everybody agreed on no longer existed. This wasn't a loophole. It was a filing cabinet.   📺 And if you think it was invented for a lawsuit: go find the broadcast of the 2024 Division II national championship, Ferris State vs. Valdosta State. They discussed the medical redshirt on the air — two years before this was a legal question, before anybody outside Big Rapids, Michigan knew who he was.   🧠 Then the argument itself. Everything above is checkable. And here's what comes back at me instead: he's been in college six years · rules are rules · everybody's cheating anyway · it's Ole Miss. Notice none of them is about the redshirt. Nobody has told me the D-II standard is the same as D-I. Nobody has said the NCAA didn't concede it. Nobody has gone and found the broadcast. They're not disagreeing with facts. They're having a feeling and working backward. And that feeling is real — I'm not mocking anybody for it. But a feeling is not an argument, and it doesn't become one because a lot of people share it.   🏈 Plus the fun one. The Locked On Top 100 is out — I voted in it, disclosure up front — and Ole Miss has four: Chambliss at 6, Kewan Lacy at 8, Will Echoles at 22, Suntarine Perkins at 97. Two of the top eight players in America. And 97 is too low for the Chucky Mullins winner — I'll say that even though I was in the voting pool.   ⭐ THE EVERYDAY CLUB — ad-free, members-only Discord, 7-day free trial: https://lockedonolemiss.supercast.com 🏠 THE OLE MISS HUB — everything in one place: olemisshub.com · 🆕 LOCKED ON OLE MISS HITS — daily short-form. Locked On Ole Miss is your daily Ole Miss Rebels podcast, part of the Locked On Podcast Network. Hotty Toddy. 🦈 #HottyToddy #OleMiss #OleMissFootball   Episode Timestamps 00:00 Louisiana governor criticizes SEC decision 05:07 The medical redshirt controversy 09:30 Introducing Loringo's nicotine-free pouches 11:40 Finding the perfect home furniture 14:53 LSU vs Ole Miss arguments 20:18 Calling out LSU's SEC status 22:33 Poncho game day collection 25:27 Discussing college football rankings 28:01 Promoting podcast subscriptions   Everydayer Club   If you never miss an episode, it’s time to make it official. Join the Locked On Everydayer Club and get ad-free audio, access to our members-only Discord, and more — all built for our most loyal fans. Click here to learn more and join your team’s community: https://lockedonpodcasts.com/everydayerclub     Support Us By Supporting Our Sponsors!   Poncho Outdoors Go to https://ponchooutdoors.com/LOCKEDON  and enter your email to get $10 off and free shipping on your first order Odoo Great organizations win because operations matter. And that’s why you should get Odoo. Try for free today at https://Odoo.com/lockedon.  Indeed Listeners of this show get a $75 Sponsored Job Credit to help give your job the premium placement it deserves at http://Indeed.com/podcast   FanDuel Today's episode is brought to you by FanDuel. From the opening whistle to the final kick, Let There Be Goals on FanDuel. Visit https://FANDUEL.COM to get started now.    FANDUEL DISCLAIMER: 21+ in select states. First online real money wager only. Bonus issued as nonwithdrawable free bets that expires in 14 days. Restrictions apply. See terms at sportsbook.fanduel.com. Gambling Problem? Call 1-800-GAMBLER or visit FanDuel.com/RG (CO, IA, MD, MI, NJ, PA, IL, VA, WV), 1-800-NEXT-STEP or text NEXTSTEP to 53342 (AZ), 1-888-789-7777 or visit ccpg.org/chat (CT), 1-800-9-WITH-IT (IN), 1-800-522-4700 (WY, KS) or visit ksgamblinghelp.com (KS), 1-877-770-STOP (LA), 1-877-8-HOPENY or text HOPENY (467369) (NY), TN REDLINE 1-800-889-9789 (TN) Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.